Elsie B Michie: 1 book

Book cover of The Vulgar Question of Money

The Vulgar Question of Money

Heiresses, Materialism, and the Novel of Manners from Jane Austen to Henry James

by Elsie B. Michie
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2011

It is a familiar story line in nineteenth-century English novels: a hero must choose between money and love, between the wealthy, materialistic, status-conscious woman who could enhance his social position and the poorer, altruistic, independent-minded woman whom he loves. Elsie B. Michie explains...
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